Collier Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Letters by brothers Charles C. (1863 - 1920), William D. (born 1865), and Jacob T. Collier (1867 - 1942) and other family members, most to their younger brother, Josiah B. (1871 - 1928), on his farm in Worth County, Georgia. Most of the letters are by Charles from Atlanta, Augusta, Georgia, and other towns as he traveled around the South selling candy and fruit on various trains. A few letters are by Jacob from Italy in Ellis County, Texas, where he was living in the 1890s. Topics include farming, land sales, train travel, and family matters.
Dates
- 1882 - 1929
- Majority of material found in 1894 - 1902
Creator
- Collier (Family)
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin T. Collier first married Sarah A. Whatley and had ten children, moving from Georgia to Texas before Sarah's death in 1855. Benjamin then returned to Georgia, married Elizabeth Hudgens, with whom he had nine children, and settled in Worth County, GA. The children of this second marriage wrote most of the letters in the collection and kept in contact with Sarah's children, who had returned to Texas.
Extent
.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Collier Family Papers
- Author
- Georgia Archives
- Date
- 2024 January
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States